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The first estimate for euro area (EA19) exports of goods to the rest of the world in March 2018 was €199.9 billion, a decrease of 2.9% compared with March 2017 where they peaked at €205.9 bn. Imports from the rest of the world stood at €173.0 bn, a fall of 2.5% compared with March 2017 (€177.4... more

In March 2018 compared with February 2018, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.9% in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2018, production in... more

In 2017, 31 400 asylum seekers applying for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU) were considered to be unaccompanied minors. This was nearly half the number recorded in 2016 (63 200 unaccompanied minors registered) and almost one-third of the peak registered in... more

Euro area annual inflation rate was 1.2% in April 2018, down from 1.3% in March. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9%. European Union annual inflation was 1.4% in April 2018, down from 1.5% in March. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office... more

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The life of women and men in Europe

Explore our digital publication "The life of women and men in Europe – a statistical portrait" which compares women and men in their daily lives through short texts, interactive visualisation tools and infographics; it is available in most of official EU languages.

Air transport in the EU

Do you know which airports in your country handle the most passengers and what the most popular destinations are? Find the answers with our interactive tool on air passenger transport in the European Union and EFTA countries in 2016.

Digital economy & society in the EU

Explore our new digital publication on the "Digital economy & society in the EU - A browse through our online world in figures" which presents easily understandable statistics on several ICT-related topics through texts, graphs, dynamic data visualisations and an animation.

Call for abstracts CESS 2018

The 2018 Conference of European Statistics Stakeholders (CESS 2018) will be held in Bamberg, Germany on 18–19 October 2018. It is the right place for you to present your work and to discuss the challenges that you face when using or producing statistics, and the ways in which you would like statistics to improve. The Conference will be organised according to three thematic blocks - Statistics, Science and Society. Submit your abstract here by Thursday, 31 May 2018.